RWC Draw
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Pool A:
Ireland, Scotland, Japan, Europe, Play-Off WinnerPool B:
New Zealand, South Africa, Italy, Africa 1, Repechage WinnerPool
England, France, Argentina, Americas 1, Oceania 2Pool D
Australia, Wales, Georgia, Oceania 1, Americas 2So South Africa in the pool. Nice pool C for England haha
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England in another "pool of death"....
Japan will happy with their pool, gives them the best chance.
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So pool c will be dubbed pool of death no doubt.
One tough pool game for us, the rest will be a walk.
Italy, geez we always seem to get those muppets.
You could say the following are almost a lock for quarter finals:
Ireland
ABs
SAThe other spaces out of
Japan/Scotland
England/France/Argentina (x2)
Australia/Wales/Oceania (Probably Samoa) (x2)Edit; Pool D might not be so clear cut as I thought at first glance.
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Good draw for us - probably the best of the top 4 seeds. One tough game against the Jaapies and another solid opponent in Italy. Would have been nice to get, say, Canada rather than Africa 1 (Kenya? Namibia?).
Pleased we avoided the Group of Death hype (and danger).
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So, plugging in the play-off spots just according to current rankings (most are fairly clear-cut... Samoa/Tonga could easily be swapped)...
Pool A:
Ireland, Scotland, Japan, Romania, SamoaPool B:
New Zealand, South Africa, Italy, Namibia, SpainPool
England, France, Argentina, USA, TongaPool D
Australia, Wales, Georgia, Fiji, Uruguay -
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@mimic said in RWC draw + project players:
whats the playoff draw like
Based on the last wc, it was winner A v 2nd B, and Winner B v 2nd A, same with C and D.
Haven't had time to look at the semis. So it looks like we will be playing Scotland in the quarters.
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@Kruse said in RWC draw + project players:
So, plugging in the play-off spots just according to current rankings (most are fairly clear-cut... Samoa/Tonga could easily be swapped)...
Pool A:
Ireland, Scotland, Japan, Romania, SamoaPool B:
New Zealand, South Africa, Italy, Namibia, SpainPool
England, France, Argentina, USA, TongaPool D
Australia, Wales, Georgia, Fiji, UruguayEngland vs. New Zealand final then?
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@Bones said in RWC draw + project players:
@Gunner said in RWC draw + project players:
Italy, geez we always seem to get those muppets.
They mentioned we've faced them 6 times in RWC's. Not sure where they got that figure though since there's only been 5 RWC's.
Whatever you're smoking, can I have some...?
What happened to the missing 3?
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@Kruse said in RWC draw + project players:
@Bones said in RWC draw + project players:
only been 5 RWC's.
???
Ah - stupid fucking Kruse. I get it now.
My excuse for being so fucking slow: hungover. -
@Kruse said in RWC draw + project players:
@Kruse said in RWC draw + project players:
@Bones said in RWC draw + project players:
only been 5 RWC's.
???
Ah - stupid fucking Kruse. I get it now.
My excuse for being so fucking slow: hungover.Least you have an excuse.
I don't, and still don't get it.....
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So Australia, Fiji and Uruguay two WCs in a row for us
Should have enough to finish second at worst, possibility of knocking Australia off and finishing top not out of the realms.
Even with England's resurgance it could be two early exits in a row
And Japan has a great opportunity to reach the QF for the first time
